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TIL Keanu Reeves loves motorcycles so much that he founded his own motorcycle company called ARCH Motorcycle and builds the motorcycles himself.

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D1MWY TIL about Digby Tatham Warter, the man who led a charge in WW2 with a bowler hat and an umbrella, and immobilising an enemy tank using said umbrella.
oGPo TIL In 2003, Matt White, a minor league pitcher, purchased a parcel of land from his elderly aunt for $50,000. The land, he later discovered, contained a rock quarry of Goshen stone - a substance commonly used in sidewalks - with a market value of over $2 billion.
yAlM TIL Roald Dahl, author of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and other famous children’s novels, was also a renowned Adult Fiction author, even having written for Playboy.
VBkgk TIL Spc. Sean Baker was nearly beaten to death during a training exercise at Gitmo where he played the role of a detainee. Despite using the codeword and identifying himself, the beating only stopped when his jumpsuit ripped revealing fatigues
5VJvP TIL about Nan Madol, historic capital of the Saudeleur Dynasty of Micronesia. It has been called the Venice of the Pacific for its multiple islands and channels.